Opinion of my older Snell E111's please -

I have a pair of Snell E IV's. Not sure if the IV's are better or worse or the same as the III but the III gets alot of respect. Hard to beat good all around sound for around $300-400 used. No, not the last word by far in transparency, imaging, etc. but not bad and do little wrong. I'm a fan. yeah they are a little big.

If memory serves me, the IV's very alittle narrower and the tweeters were different. One thing I would consider doing w/them if a had to remove the woofer, is changing out the bidding posts. (BP Hex's would be an exc. choice) You would be quite surprissed how much of an improvement this would make. Even putting in one higher quality set and forgo bi-wiring them. If you're using the stock pins that combine the low/high posts, consider another method. (I'm using a piece of heavy guage (Aprx. 14ga.) wire to jump the posts then using a single cable w/banana connectors to hook them up. I've found that Qed "Kudos" works very well this way and makes the spk. very enjoyable to listen to. One seller on Ebay has them for $39 new for a 12' pr. Banana terminated. Excellent simple cables for these spks.) Bill

Can't speak for the EIIIs, but I really like the EIVs. I think these Snells are very underappreciated speakers. Unfailingly musical and full, and easy to drive. I agree that they're not the last word in revealing, but at their price point used, they are likely to be paired with electronics that would be ill served with extremely revealing speakers, like the Thiels I am currently using. I had Athena ASF2's, Maggie MMG's and PSB Image 5T's, all recently, and the Snell EIV easily bested them all in my system (YMMV). The Theil CS2 2 are better, but leaner sounding, pickier about amplification and set up, and more than twice the price.

Thanks for all the information. I think I am goingt to list them on ebay or CL as I haven't the room for them. Like to see someone get them before they waste away. THANKS again for help, debbie